Do transgender people undermine fair play in sports?

At last summer’s Olympics, New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard competed in the women’s event and won. The first transgender person In the history of the Olympics. The next big sporting event is just around the corner, and in the run-up to the Paris Olympics, there is also a debate about whether sports should become more inclusive. So in the podcast “Science or nonsense?“We invited endocrinologist Una Gailiš and biologist Aivaras Cīrulis to find out – whether Cross-role Undermining fair competition in sports.

Cīrulis would rather support such a step. He also pointed out that the discussion always turns to trans women who want to compete in the women’s category, but never the other way around, because “trans men are not the ones who take sports scholarships away from men. They lack the ability to do so. They are weaker.” He said the introduction of a third category would be a step towards fairer competition.

On whether sports themselves can be fair if some people always have a biological advantage — longer legs, bigger hands, broader shoulders and bigger lungs — listen to the podcast”Science or nonsense?“On the platform”Spotify“,”Apple Podcasts“And others, and watch the program recording”Youtube“.

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